Less traffic compared to the launch?

[flying_hawkic]

It could be me but I have the feeling that there is way less traffic in my city (or cities) compared to when the game launched.

Either I got better at planning roads or there have been updates to the game to reduce traffic to increase performance?

I have the feeling that people walk from one side of the city to the other side of the city, or they wait for ages at a public transport stop. Even if there are already 700 people waiting there.

Traffic does not seem to be a challenge anymore. My city has now 120K cims and only one outside connection (Samui Island map). No traffic issues at all.

I also don't see a peak during rush hour in the congestion statistics. The congestion graph looks flat from day to night. No peaks in traffic.

Is it just me or does anyone know whether they have reduced traffic to increase performance?

 

[LocutusH]

Happened with every patch so far.
This is the so called "simulation improvement".
You get higher framerates and sim speed by further reducing traffic, and faking even more transactions in the city.

 

[flying_hawkic]

Happened with every patch so far.
This is the so called "simulation improvement".
You get higher framerates and sim speed by further reducing traffic, and faking even more transactions in the city.

Really? So it isn't me then.

Takes away part of the fun for me tbh. Why not make it an option?

 

[Captain Octavis]

In my 200k city there is more ambulances than resident's cars on the streets.

 

[flying_hawkic]

In my 200k city there is more ambulances than resident's cars on the streets.

Yes and they get dispatched all at once.

 

[Darren3331]

I don't have more Ambulances than cars, I think you two might be exagerating a bit or doing something wrong lol. But yes, not as many cars generally, but if they reverse that folk will moan, so either way they can't win...unless they find more improvements elsewhere along with the many they already tweaked.

Update:

 

[RobertVonBlood]

Adding public transport to a city will reduce traffic quite a bit since some cims stop using their cars. Maybe that's what you're experiencing?

 

[Volcryn]

I am pretty sure it is this mod causing cims to drive out of the city and then get a taxi back in. It also appears to make cims unable to get to work. Many cims don't ever go to work, they stay home forever and switch jobs everyday. My city is extremely quiet given its size.

Disabling this mod stops all that behaviour.

From Realistic Parking mod thread. Hope this can help.

 

[LocutusH]

Adding public transport to a city will reduce traffic quite a bit since some cims stop using their cars. Maybe that's what you're experiencing?

Not at all. Even public transport numbers have reduced significantly, with every patch. There is visible less people at the stops, and also visible less traffic cars.

 

[kobayashikanata]

In the early version before ECON 2.0, it comes many trucks carrying timber or other material once you building house. And tucks will soon cause traffic jam. But now it no longer exist.

 

[flying_hawkic]

Not at all. Even public transport numbers have reduced significantly, with every patch. There is visible less people at the stops, and also visible less traffic cars.

Exactly this.

Public transport even doesn't seem to make a big difference in my city. You can perfectly run your city without public transport. Somehow, traffic wil disappear or at least, it would not increase.

I have public transport in my city because I like to have it, not because I need to. I did not have major traffic jams urging the need for public transport.

And this seems to get worse with every update of the game. I'm glad that I'm not the only one experiencing this (and not liking it). I want to see (small) traffic jams during rush hours. It adds a challenge.

 

[flying_hawkic]

I don't have more Ambulances than cars, I think you two might be exagerating a bit or doing something wrong lol. But yes, not as many cars generally, but if they reverse that folk will moan, so either way they can't win...unless they find more improvements elsewhere along with the many they already tweaked.

Yea don't take my words literally. It was an exaggeration of course but you get the point

 

[Captain Octavis]

I don't have more Ambulances than cars, I think you two might be exagerating a bit or doing something wrong lol. But yes, not as many cars generally, but if they reverse that folk will moan, so either way they can't win...unless they find more improvements elsewhere along with the many they already tweaked.

90% of all my residential buildings are high-density buildings, did not check if low/medium density buildings have this issue, but I have sick people in all parts of the residential zone. There is no air/earth/water pollution. Don't know what is causing that, but 100-200 ambulances on streets is a normal day in my city

 

[Lens888]

Happened with every patch so far.
This is the so called "simulation improvement".
You get higher framerates and sim speed by further reducing traffic, and faking even more transactions in the city.

There's less of everything!

You get a rush of vehicles if you suddenly create a few blocks of highrise apartments then once the civs get their rides inside that's it, the rest is on foot and there seems to be a lot less of that too.

Game is only fun for traffic control so by the time the ports expansion drops everyone will be hold up inside thier residence waiting for you to demolish the neighbourhood so they can join the mass of homeless travelling for free on that one bus stuck doing crazy turns at each intersection.

 

[RobertVonBlood]

Yes you guys may be right. There seems to be something buggy with the traffic. I haven't had any issues before the latest patch but I'm seeing it now, and I'm also seeing people post about this same issue in various FB groups.

 

[Spedfrom]

I've noticed the same things. Over time and with the patches my traffic has reduced massively. Previously bottlenecked streets and avenues are rather car free now. And my transit systems aren't exactly brilliantly developed. Which doesn't even matter since there are fewer people on the streets as well, I agree.

Not sure what the cause is, but I hope it's re-balanced since part of the fun in the game is figuring out traffic flows, commutes and transit systems in order to improve all. It goes back to the lack of financial challenge before the economy 2.0 patch. Removing the traffic/transit challenge would also be a detriment to the game.

 

[Mlampyy]

I've noticed the same things. Over time and with the patches my traffic has reduced massively. Previously bottlenecked streets and avenues are rather car free now. And my transit systems aren't exactly brilliantly developed. Which doesn't even matter since there are fewer people on the streets as well, I agree.

Not sure what the cause is, but I hope it's re-balanced since part of the fun in the game is figuring out traffic flows, commutes and transit systems in order to improve all. It goes back to the lack of financial challenge before the economy 2.0 patch. Removing the traffic/transit challenge would also be a detriment to the game.

Same. I have no traffic anymore even in the most dense areas. Even my transportation services are way less. The only things on my roads are transit vehicles or trucks. It feels so dead. The extremely slow simulation speed after this patch doesn't help.

 

[Fampa]

No traffic, no fun. Whats the point of palying in a ghost town?

 

[Mlampyy]

I also don't have any truck traffic anymore. My ports and cargo areas are dead.

 

[CthulhuTactical]

It could be me but I have the feeling that there is way less traffic in my city (or cities) compared to when the game launched.

Either I got better at planning roads or there have been updates to the game to reduce traffic to increase performance?

I have the feeling that people walk from one side of the city to the other side of the city, or they wait for ages at a public transport stop. Even if there are already 700 people waiting there.

Traffic does not seem to be a challenge anymore. My city has now 120K cims and only one outside connection (Samui Island map). No traffic issues at all.

I also don't see a peak during rush hour in the congestion statistics. The congestion graph looks flat from day to night. No peaks in traffic.

Is it just me or does anyone know whether they have reduced traffic to increase performance?

The businesses produce less stuff in same timeframe, so big trucks aren't needed, only in late game when businesses level up you see some truck movement. Still very light on traffic, considering the gigantic size of zoned industry.
Even after econ 2.0 people notice this

https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/1e5244t/theres_a_severe_bug_nobody_is_talking_about